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WILLIAM A. OOOKE, J R., AND CHARLES S. OOOKE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

'TRANSFERRING PAPER FILE AND BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,826, dated May 21,1889.

Application filed January 19,1887. Serial No. 224,821. (No model.)

To aZZ whom iv may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM A. COOKE, J r., and CHARLES S. mm, ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Transferring Paper File and Binder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to transferring papers from temporary files andbinding them in suitable covers.

Papers such as letters, bills, invoices, and other records printed orwritten on detached sheets, are usually placed on a temporary file, forconvenience of ready reference, until such time as they can be filedaway in a permanent receptacle. As these papers are usually filed underdates or letters, or classified in some convenient manner, it isessential that they should be transferred from the file to the permanentreceptacle without disarranging their order. Furthermore, asfrequentreference to them may be necessary, and it is not unusual thatcircumstances may require that they be taken out of the receptacle andagain replaced, or for other papers to be inserted with the papersalready filed away, the binding devices of the permanent receptacle mustbe adapted to permit such a disposition of papers.

The objects of our invention are, first, to provide a transferring paperfile and binder on which, when connected together, the papers can beseparated and part removed and the remainder retained on the filewithout disarranging the order or detaching them wholly from the fixedor removable part of the binder; second, to make the transferringfilecapable of being used to take the papers from temporary files havingeither tubular or solid fixed wires; third, to adapt the binding andtransferring devices to be opened for the abstraction and insertion ofpapers after some or all have been transferred from the removable to thefixed parts of the binder without detaching the transferred papers fromthe binder; fourth, to connect the transferring-file,which constitutesthe detachable part of the binder, with the fixed part, so that itwillbe held with equal rigidity at both ends.

In the acccompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of ourimproved transferring paper file and binder. Fig. 2 is a sectional sideelevation of the same. Fig. 3 represents the binder with thetransferring-file detached, showing, also, the manner of disconnectingit from the fixed members of the binder. Fig. 4 represents thebinder-case. Fig. 5 represents a temporary paper-file with thetransferring-file applied thereto preparatory to taking the papers offthe temporary file. Fig. 6 is a perspective View, and Fig. 7 a sectionalside elevation, of a modification of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, the cover A consists of two sides, 15 15,united by flexible connections with a back, 16, so'that said sides canbe folded or closed parallel to each other, like the covers of a book,as illustrated by Figs. 2 and '7. The binding devices consist of a fixedmember connected with a suitable plate and a detachable member arrangedto form an easily-made connection with the fixed member, said detachablemember also forming the device by which the papers are transferred fromthe file to the binder.

The fixed members of the duplex binder consist of the wires 17 and 17and studs 18 18. The wires consist of a stem, the lower end of which isfixed in any suitable manner to the plate B, and an arm extending fromthestem at right angles, (or curved or arched, if preferred,) and withthe end pointed toward the studs and terminated with a ball, 70.

The base-plate B is preferably stamped out of sheet metal, with prongsor points Z formed at the corners, which, being passed through thecover, are bent up against the outside, fastening the plate securely tothe cover. Parallel to the front edge of the plate, and equidistant fromthe stems of the fixed members, are the conical studs 18, formed bystriking up the plate, or in any other suitable manner. For instance,they may be made and set on the plate. These studs align with the balls70, the two forming catches for opposite ends of the detachable memberor transferring-file, hereinafter described. Between the studs 18 arestops 19 19 19, formed by striking up the plate, or, if preferred, theymay be made separately and set upon the plate. Two of these studs align,while the third is nearer the front edge of the plate.

The detachable members of the binder consist of two tubes, 20 20, joinedtogether at the bottom by a bar or wire, 21, the ends 'm of which arebent around the tubes so as to embrace them, and fastened by soldering.These ends enlarge the bases of the tubes, and thus prevent the papersfrom slipping off. The

tubes are of a length to fit between the baseplate B and the ends of thewires 17 17, with the studs 18 entering into the lower ends of v thetubes and the balls is the upper ends, as shown in Fig. 2. In order thatthe tubes may be held immovable and prevented from slipping, the wires17 should be adjusted so that the balls 70 will bear forcibly againstthe tops of the tubes and keep the latter pressed firmly against thebase-plate. This result is attained by making the wires of spring-steeland adpers, bills, and the like, bearing even date herewith,) with theindex-leaves 1, are first transferred from the fixed wires or needles 22 to the arched wires 9 9, and the latter disconnected from the former.These positions of the parts mentioned are shown by the full lines inFig. 5. The transferring-file is next detached from the binder and thetubes slipped or telescoped over the fixed wires or needles, as shown.Next the movable arched wires are moved into conjunction with the fixedwires and the paper retransferred to the fixed wires and tablet, asindicated by the dotted lines. The papers are now, however, filed uponthe tubes 2020. The transfer-wires are againdisconnected from the fixedwires and the tubes drawn or lifted ofl the latter,the packet ofpapersand the index-leaves coming off with them. The transferring-file,with the packet of papers, is now ready. for connecting with the binder.For this purpose the papers are placed on the covers to which thebinding devices are attached, with the transferrer in the positionindicated in Fig. 3. To make the connection, the tops of the tubes arefirst placed in connection with the balls is, forming thus aball-and-socket joint; then, keeping the upper ends of the tubes pressedup against the balls, the lower ends are forced inward against the studs18 18, and with sufficient pressure the arms of the fixed wires springup far enough to allow the edges of the tubes to pass up over the studs,and the latter dropping into the lower ends of the tubes the attachmentis made and the papers are connected with or bound in the covers. Thebar 21 passes over the stop 19 when the tubes rise over the studs, andit drops in between the three stops, which hold it firmly againstlateral movementiand thus prevent the tubes from slipping from thestuds, and

also prevent disconnecting them bypushing the lower ends inward. In allcases the detaching should be done by first disconnecting the lower endsof the tubes and moving them out in the direction of the lower arrow inFig. 3, and they are connected with the fixed wires by reversing theoperation, as indicated in Fig. 3 by the upper arrow.

When the papers have been bound. in, as stated, the covers can be closedover them like the covers of a book, and the whole put in a case, G,'asshown in Fig. 4. The papers can be referred to as easily and certainlyas when on the temporary file. They are indexed in the same way, andintermediate papers can be got at by transferring the superincumbentpapers from the tubes to the fixed wires, and they can also beabstracted from the binder without removing from the files any papersother than those wanted, or disturbing or disarranging the order inwhich they were filed away. To abstract or insert papers, those abovethe place from which they are to be taken or in which they are to beinserted are transferred to the fixed wires, and then, the tubes beingdetached, the papers are taken off or placed on the tubes,as the casemay be, and the tubes rejoined to the fixed wires and plate. -Thus readyaccess may be had to any papers in the binder, either for examination orremoval, without disturbing the order of the remaining papers. As may beinferred from the above, the binder may be used as a device orreceptacle for originallyfiling papers, the same as a temporary file,and as a substitute for the latter.

The tubes 20 are slotted longitudinally, in order that they may adjustthemselves to slight variations in the diameter ofthe fixed wires orneedles.

The modification illustrated by Figs. 6 and 7 refers to the constructionand position of the base-plate and the fixed wires. Theplate B isattached to the back by sliding its beveleddown edgesnin the groovebetween the edges 0 of the plates 19, fixed to the back. The stems ofthe fixed wires 17 17 are between the plate and the back, and there arearms at both ends of the stems projecting out at right angles throughsuitable openings in the plate. The arms on each stem have theirextremities turned toward each other and terminated with balls k, andthe ends of the tubes join these balls when the transferrer is attachedto the fixed wires. The connections or joints and the manner ofattaching the tubes are substantially the same as previously described.cially adapted to binding pamphlets and similar articles made up ofattached sheets of 'paper; but it may be used for detached papers aswell.

Where a temporary file has but one arched and one fixed wire, a singletube 20 may be used as a transferring-file to detach the papers andconnectthem with the binder. Where the detachable members 20 are notemployed This style of binder is' more espe to transfer papers from afile to the binder, but merely as a detachable part of the binder, it isobvious that the tubular form may be dispensed with, and they may bemade of solid wires or rods with the ends provided with cups or socketsto engage the balls or studs of the fixed wires.

By making the binder in the manner described the important advantageobtained is, that when papers are to be abstracted or inserted thepapers transferred to the fixed wires do not have to be removed from thebinder in order to open the binder for the removal or insertion of thepapers. After the superincumbent papers and index -leaves have beentransferred it is only necessary to detach the tubes and remove orinsert the papers. By making the connection between thetransferring-file and the fixed wires and plate as stated a positivefastening is obtained for both ends of the detachable part, and therebygreater rigidity is given to the binding. Furthermore, the tubular formof the transferringfile makes it available to transfer papers from fileshaving the fixed wires or needles either tubular or solid, as the tubesof the transferrer may be slipped over either with equal facility; hencethe transferrer and binder may be used in conjunction with any of thefiles of the class herein referred to now in use.

The transferring-tubes may be long enough to project above the knobs orballs is, if preferred, and in that case the balls will serve to holdthem steady and prevent lateral motion.

'VVhen a single tube is used, the lower end may be enlarged in anyconvenient way. For example, it may have a ring soldered to it, or itsend may be enlarged by forming it with a flange.

WVe claim- 1. The combination of the transferring-file composed ofunited tubes 20 20, which form the detachable members of the binder,with the wires 17 17, having balls is on the ends, and the studs 18 18,substantially as specified.

2. The sequent combination of thetubular transferring-file, the fixedwires of a temporary file, and the fixed members of the binder,substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we havehereunto set our hands this 8th day of January, 1887.

WILLIAM A. OOOKE, JR.

CHARLES S. COOKE.

In presence of ISAAC P. HUBBARD, WILTON C. DONN.

